Kalu Chioba

• Smart Room Tools: Deployed dashboards, tracked Top N alarms, conducted efficiency checks, and scheduled gas turbine washes.
• Equipment Monitoring: Monitored plant performance using Smart Signal, PI Process Book, and AVEVA PI Vision to identify production gains.
• Maintenance & Support: Assists onshore teams with breakdowns, followed up on RAID and CBM reports, and maintained equipment running hours in SAP via UNISUP.
• Co-ordination of Opportunity jobs: Focal point on all opportunity job co-ordination -readiness evaluation, scheduling within identified windows of trip events (unplanned) and shutdown -partial and full-field (planned).
• Equipment Permutation Scheduling: Reviews available spare units with CCR to balance operational running hours to ensure optimal reliability to avert downtime.
• IoT Deployment and Maintenance: Focuses on the deployment and lifecycle maintenance of IIoT infrastructure to support real-time wellhead data stream monitoring and activation of well valves from remote locations, minimizing on-site intervention.
• Audits & Reporting: Leads alarm reviews, assists the Smart Room Manager with priorities, and acts as the focal point for safety and management audits.
• TotalEnergies Industry: Energy

• Responsible for the Safety and Control System Performance management.
• Monitored operational health of critical safety barriers, including Fire and Gas (F&G) detection and Emergency Shutdown (ESD) systems, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Responsible to maintain the Moore Process Controls deployed secure wireless SCADA radio communication link between the CALM (Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring) buoy (RTU), and the FPSO (MTU), offloading shuttle tankers, (TPU) for safe cargo transfers and remote emergency shutdowns from either location
• Network Integrity: Managed and optimized industrial communication links; serial links (RS 232/RS422/RS485) from the field Analyzers (Gas Chromatographs/Moisture/Dew Point/Water-cut, etc ) to the Instrument Technical rooms, ITRs and then long range multimode fiber optics run across from the portside P8 Instrument Technical rooms, ITRs for Fiscal Crude and Gas Metering cabinets, 300m to the Supervisory computer cabinets at the Central Technical room, CTR .
• Executed logic to maintain flow stability and mitigate hydrate formation, ensuring uninterrupted flow and operational reliability.
• OCWR Management: Managed automation routines for well start-ups, riser stabilization, and separator balance.
• Drafted Failure Investigations and Technical Analysis (FITA) reports and conducted ad-hoc optimization studies to enhance system reliability.
• Developed and maintained comprehensive system documentation, aiding in knowledge transfer and system maintenance and packaged PLC program back-ups.
• Led cross-functional teams in the execution of Fiscal metering system integration projects, improving operational efficiency.
• Led adherence to internal safety and operational procedures to reduce risks and costs by protecting personnel and equipment.
• International and Local Regulatory Compliance with NUPRC (formerly DPR), SON, ISO, API, etc.
• Fiscal Metering: Ensures custody transfer measurement accuracy.
• Statutory Standards: Maintains compliance and audit readiness with upstream regulatory bodies , NUPRC (formerly DPR)
• TotalEnergies Industry: Energy

Hydrocarbon Accountability for DW Assets - AKPO and EGINA FPSOs

• Ensured every barrel of oil and every unit of gas measured by the company is accurately quantified, certified, compliant with regulations, properly maintained, and commercially defensible while minimising downtime and supporting production operations.
• Focal point for Metering Maintenance & Reliability Engineering for the Fiscal and Technical Metering responsible for ensuring the accuracy, reliability, compliance, certification, maintenance, and integrity of all crude oil and gas metering systems while supporting commercial, regulatory, and operational requirements.

Metering System Reliability & Integrity:

• Contract and Maintenance Administration
• Ensured all fiscal and technical metering systems remain fully operational and accurate.
• Guaranteed measurement integrity and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Monitored metering system performance and initiated corrective actions when deficiencies are identified.
• Coordinated investigations and reporting of significant metering events or failures.
• Identified opportunities for process improvements and led initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
• Managed metering-related contracts for sales and transport, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
• Developed comprehensive documentation and manuals for metering systems.
• Created and updated technical and fiscal metering manuals.
• Executed technical and commercial quarterly ticketing audits at NLNG supply points.
• Verified alignment with Gas Utilization Agreements with the buyers and other stakeholders.
• Prepared detailed reports and presentations to communicate project status and results to senior management and clients.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with:

• DPR/NUPRC regulations, Gas Utilisation Agreements, Crude Handling and Gas Sales Agreements., API and ISO standards. and Company procedures and technical rules.
• Maintained certification of fiscal metering systems.
• Liaised with regulatory authorities and commercial teams on metering matters

Meter Proving, Validation & Calibration:

• Coordinated LACT meter proving activities, Prover loop calibrations, Tank and vessel calibrations, Fiscal gas metering quarterly validations and Sampling and laboratory compositional analysis activities.
• Ensure all validations and calibrations are properly documented and certified.

Maintenance Planning & Spare Parts Management

• Ensured all validations and calibrations are properly documented and certified.
• Managed spare parts inventory and material requirements.
• Developed and managed maintenance plans in UNISUP.
• Managed spare parts inventory and material requirements.
• Created and monitored Preventive Maintenance (PM) -Notifications,Work Orders,Purchase Requisitions, Material Master Data and optimized maintenance activities to minimize downtime.

Documentation & Data Management

• Prepared and updated metering manuals, regulatory handbooks., operating procedures, and logbooks.
• Maintained backups, records, and technical documentation.
• Manage metering databases to improve accessibility and traceability.

Contracts & Commercial Support

• Follow up all metering-related agreements including: Sales contracts, Gas supply agreements and supported commercial ticketing audits and measurement reconciliation processes.

Technical Support & Engineering

• Specified requirements for new metering systems, provided flow equations and configuration inputs for ICSS systems and supported site modification projects related to metering.
• Worked closely with the Instrumentation specialists, Maintenance Methods teams, Technical Support teams. and the Smart Room operations teams.

Failure Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• Conducted technical investigations of equipment failures and prepared FITA (Failure Investigation and Technical Analysis) and REX+ (Return of Experience) reports.
• Identified recurring issues and implemented reliability improvements.

Reporting Responsibilities:

• Issued weekly activity forecasts and progress reports.
• Reported maintenance status and emerging risks to the Head of Maintenance.
• Tracked modification requests and corrective action plans.
• Periodically reviewed performance and objectives with management.

DW Field Operations | TotalEnergies Industry: Energy

System Reliability & Maintenance Engineering

• Focal Point: Act as the primary technical resource for Fiscal and Technical Metering systems.
• Uptime Management: Ensure all technical and fiscal metering systems remain fully operational, accurate, and properly maintained.
• Performance Monitoring: Continuously monitor metering system performance and initiate immediate corrective actions when deficiencies are identified.
• Failure Investigation: Coordinate technical investigations and formal reporting for significant metering events, mismeasurements, or equipment failures.
• Operational Support: Support daily production operations while actively identifying process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.

Meter Proving, Validation & Calibration

• LACT Operations: Coordinate Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) meter proving, routine validation, and system calibrations.
• Accuracy Assurance: Guarantee measurement integrity and minimize uncertainty across all custody transfer points.
• Equipment Integrity: Oversee the preventative and corrective maintenance schedules for flow computers, primary elements, and instrumentation.

Regulatory Compliance & Certification

• Statutory Compliance: Ensure absolute alignment with DPR/NUPRC regulations, API standards, ISO standards, and internal company technical rules.
• Certification: Maintain and renew valid legal certifications for all fiscal custody transfer metering systems.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the technical liaison with regulatory authorities, joint venture partners, and commercial teams on all metering matters.

Commercial Contracts & Auditing

• Commercial Defensibility: Guarantee that all measurements are contractually sound, protecting the company from financial exposure.
• Ticketing Audits: Execute technical and commercial quarterly ticketing audits at major supply points (e.g., NLNG supply points).
• Agreement Verification: Verify strict alignment with Gas Utilization Agreements (GUA), Crude Handling Agreements (CHA), and Gas Sales Agreements (GSA) with buyers and external stakeholders.
• Contract Administration: Manage metering-related contracts for sales and transport to ensure operational efficiency and compliance.

Documentation & Reporting

• Manual Development: Create, update, and govern technical and fiscal metering manuals and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Management Reporting: Prepare detailed technical reports and presentations to communicate project status, audit findings, and system performance to senior management and clients.

JV Field Operations | TotalEnergies Industry: Energy

• Maintained quality control machines, running on Allen Bradley PLC-5, SLC 500 series, AB 1336 digital ac drives, and various SCADA units to ensure optimal performance and compliance with quality standards.
• Managed maintenance of Instron traction machines, rheometers, autoclaves, viscometers, and X-ray generators, ensuring reliability in equipment used for tyre internal thread inspection.
• Designed and installed variable speed drive-controlled coiler/uncoiler for tyre steel wire and rubber strips integrated with PLC to enhance control over production processes.
• Design and implementation of Electrical Schematics for Factory Electrical Control Panels.
• Completion of the "Cause and Effect" Pilotage Secteur Maintenance breakdown reports and update to the CMIMS database.
• | QM/QP | Michelin Ltd. Industry: Manufacturing

• Completed apprenticeship training across multiple disciplines, enhancing foundational
• | AP Engineering Training School Michelin Industry: Manufacturing